Clause 16

by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:“(1) When notice of an accident has been given to an employer by an employee or on the employee’s behalf, the employer shall, before the expiry of the 5th day after the giving of the notice, offer to have the employee examined free of charge by a medical practitioner, and the employee shall submit himself for such medical examination.”;

by deleting the words “Any workman” in subsection (1A) and substituting the words “Any employee”;

by deleting the words “a monthly payment” in subsection (1A) and substituting the words “any periodical payment of compensation for temporary incapacity”;

by deleting the words “A workman” in subsection (1B) and substituting the words “An employee”;

by deleting subsection (2);

by deleting the words “6 months” in the 5th line of subsection (3) and substituting the words “3 months”;

by inserting, immediately after the word “dependants” in subsection (5), the words “or the estate”;

by deleting the words “monthly payments” in the 1st line of subsection (7)(a) and substituting the words “any periodical payment of compensation for temporary incapacity”; and

by deleting the word “monthly” in the 3rd and 8th lines of subsection (7)(a).